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FILE - In this April 5, 2014 file photo, people walk past the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, Mormon leaders made a national appeal for what they called a "balanced approach" in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom, promising to support some housing and job protections for gays if they back some exemptions for religious objectors to same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are interviewed by the Washington Times about their movie Son of God, Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Rev. Libby Lane, second left, arrives at York Minster, England, where she will be consecrated as the eighth Bishop of Stockport, Monday Jan. 26, 2015. Male domination in the leadership of the Church of England is coming to an end, as the 500-year-old institution consecrates its first female bishop. (AP Photo/PA, Lynne Cameron)
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Pope Francis, greets Rev. Tara Curlewis, General Secretaryof the National Council of Churches in Australia, at the end of a vespers prayer in St. Paul outside the walls' Basilica in Rome, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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From left to right, Author/producer Lawrence Wright, former Scientology church member Spanky Taylor, director Alex Gibney, Sara Bernstein, Senior Vice President of Programming for HBO Documentaries and former Scientology church member Mike Rinder attend the premiere of "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)
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The conservative core of the Republican Party has long been leery of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, who are viewed derisively as establishment stalwarts. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Robert P. George. (Image courtesy of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
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The socialist government of President Francois Hollande last week announced steps to increase counterterrorism surveillance and to intervene in the classroom to blunt the message of radical Islam in France. (Associated Press)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal reads from the bible during a prayer rally, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Baton Rouge, La. Mr. Jindal continued to court Christian conservatives for a possible presidential campaign with a headlining appearance at an all-day prayer rally hosted by the American Family Association. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
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Students Jenny Zehner, 18, of Lafayette, Ind., and Paul Thoman, 21, of Carmel, Ind., were among the 2,000 students who attended a Students for Life of America conference in Maryland Jan. 23, 2015. (Photo by Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)
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In this Oct. 28, 2014 file photo, the Rev. Russell Moore, left, director of the Southern Baptist’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, leads a discussion during the group's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Moore is one of several white leaders calling for multiethnic congregations in the wake of the unrest spurred by the killings of black men by white police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, second from left, listens during a rally by religious groups supporting Mr. Cochran following his termination, in this Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**
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In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, Former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran, third from right, observes a moment of prayer as religious groups rally to support him following his termination in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman/File) **FILE**
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One of the priorities of the Islamic Center of Twin Falls in Idaho is to enlighten others about the true meaning of Islam. Local Muslims say they want their new center to be a place where people can visit and learn about Islam. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Robert P. George (Image: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
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In this Dec. 16, 2014 photo, girls stand in a playground in Colorado City, Ariz. The sister cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, once run by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, are split between loyalists who still believe he is a victim of religious persecution and defectors who are embracing government efforts to pull the town into modern society. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 25 - In this photo taken on Jan. 15, 2015, sister Ivana Menchaca poses in the chapel at the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese in Houston. When the God called to Menchaca, she was well on the way to earning a college degree she hoped would land her a job with the FBI. The challenges facing nuns, and priests, likely will come into sharper focus in 2015 as Roman Catholics observe "Wake Up The World!”, Pope Francis' yearlong celebration of consecrated life (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip)
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In this March 1, 1995, Andrae Crouch displays his two Grammys backstage at the 37th annual Grammy Awards. Crouch, who died at 72 on Jan. 8, 2015, was remembered Wednesday, Jan. 21, for his dedication to spreading gospel music around the world during a funeral at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
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Boko Haram terrorists, who have left devastation in parts of Nigeria (pictured), are bringing their mayhem into Niger, says a Catholic missionary, who is in hiding but sent an email to a Catholic charity. (AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu, File)
